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A. BREIDENBACH.

HAT PIN GUARD. APPLICATION FILED JAN-7,1916.

1 1 9 3, 1 1 1 Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

Will/11111111141111! INVENTOR WITNESSES g ATTORNEY ANTHON BBEIDENBACI-I,0F HOLMES, NORTH DAKOTA.

HAT-PIN GUARD.

1,193,11lll.

Specification of Letters Patent.

-Patented Aug. l, 1916..

Application filed January 7, 1916. Serial No. 70,858.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AN'rrroN Bnnrnnnmen, a citizen of the United States,residing at Holmes, in the county of Grand Forks and State of NorthDakota, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-PinGuards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to protection de vices and has particularreference to an improved form of hat pin point protector.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture,efiicient in its purpose and which may be readily applied or disengagedfrom the hat pin point.

Another object is to so construct the working parts of the device as topermit of the same being inclosed in a shield which may be madeornamental, thereby providing for the attractiveness of the article.

Another object of the invention isto provide an ornamental shield and toso arrange the working parts thereof as to permit of the operation ofthe device from the exterior of the shield.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe novel features of construction and arrangements of parts as will behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the improvedpoint protector showing the application of the same to a hat pin point.Fig. 2 is a detail prospective view of the clamping device. Fig. 3 is anend view of the shield partly broken away.

Referring to the drawings by numerals wherein is illustrated thepreferred embodiment of my invention, 1 designates an elongated strip offlat spring material which is bent intermediate its ends as at 2 toprovide the arms 3 and +l-, the bending of the strip as at 2 serving tonormally cause the arms 3 and l to spring away from each other due tothe resiliency of the material from which the device is'constructed.Intermediate the bend 2 and the outer end of the arm i, the said arm isbent at substantially right angles to itself as at 5, is then extendedinwardly a short distance, then bent back upon itself as at 6 to lie inspaced parallel relation with the arm i and is then again bent at rightangles to itself as at T and brought into en? gagement with the innerface of the arm. Openings 8 of a size slightly larger than the point towhich the device is to be applied are formed in the portions 5 and 7 fora purpose which will presently appear.

The termlnal end of the arm 3 is bent downwardly at substantially rightangles to the arm as at 9 and this downwardly extending portion isprovided with an elongated slot 10. In applying the device as describedto a hat pin point, the arms 3 and 4 are grasped and forced togetheruntil the openings 8 are alined with the slot 10, it being understoodthat the arm 3 is of slightly greater length than the arm 4 in orderthat the extension 9 may pass freely over the outer face of the portion5. The point of the pin is then inserted within the slot 10 and throughthe openings 8. The arms 3 and a are then released whereupon the springaction of the strip due to the bend 2 Wlll cause the lower edge of theslot 10 to frictionally engage with the point and hold the same inbinding relation with the'openings 8, thus securely fastening thearticle upon the point of the pin.

In order to provide for the attractiveness of the article, I inclose themember 1 within a shield 10 which may be suitably ornamerited upon itsexterior faces. However, in

order to provide for the operation of the device when arranged within ashield, I secure to one of the arms 3 or d, preferably the arm 3,afinger engaging member 11. This member is adapted to extend through anopening in one edge of the shield 10 so that by exerting a pressurethereon, the arm 3 may be operated to permit of the insertion of thepoint of the pin within the shield in the manner previously described,it being understood of course, that one end of the shield is providedwith an opening arranged in alinement with the openings 8 when theclamping member is positioned within the shield so as to permit of theinsertion of the pin therein.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings it is thought that the construction and op eration of thedevice will be clearly under stood and while I have herein shown anddescribed one specific form of my invention, I do not wish to be limitedthereto except for such limitations as the claims may impart.

I claim:

1 A hat pin point protector comprising 'olamp the end of the same withinsaid casing, and a releasing member carried by said reslllent member andpro ecting through the a side of said casing.

2. A hat pin point protector comprising a casing having a small aperturein one end, a res'ilient member bent upon itself within said casing, oneend of said resilient member being turned back and'provided withparallel spaced portions, said parallel spaced portions having smallopenings in alinement with the opening in the end of said casing, theremaining end of said resilient member being positioned between one ofsaid par- I allel portions of the first-mentioned end and the adjacentapertured end of said casing, the second mentloned end of said resilientmember being provided with an elongated slot adapted to register; withthe apertures of the first-mentioned end and the aperture of said casingto; permit the entrance of a pointed member in sald apertures, an

end wall of said slot cooperating with the walls of said apertures toclamp the end of said pointed member in said casing, and means forreleasing said pointed member.

3. An article of manufacture comprising a rectangular casing, a springmetal strip positioned in said casing and bent u on itself to form acentral loop portion, the ends of said strip being curved in oppositedirections, one end being extended and bent back upon itself to form alongitudinal portion, and right-angled portions provided withregistering apertures, the remaining end of said strip having its freeextremity bent at an angle and extended parallel with the anerturedportions of the first-mentioned end, said extremity having an elongatedslot adapted to register with said apertures, said casing having anopening in one end registering with said a ertures, said extremity beingadapted to cover said opening when in normal position, and means carriedby the second-mentioned end of said stri and projecting through saidcasing to move said second-mentioned end toward said firstmentioned end.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANTI-ION BR-EIDENBACH. Witnesses:

WM. BREIDENBAGI-I, M. N. BRATHOVDE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0.

